The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal is the basic legal document for controlling the illegal spread of hazardous wastes in the international arena, which clearly stipulates the international obligations of the parties to the Convention in exporting or importing hazardous wastes as well as their legal liabilities and provides for an international arbitration procedure to deal with disputes between the parties concerning the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes. It also provides for international arbitration procedures to deal with disputes between States parties concerning transboundary movements of hazardous wastes. China acceded to the Convention on September 4, 1991, one of the earliest States parties in the world, and in 1999 it acceded to the Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. We should recognize that combating the crime of "foreign garbage" is an international obligation, make full use of the rights conferred by the Convention, strengthen international collaboration in combating illegal transboundary movements of hazardous wastes, and make good use of the arbitration procedures provided for in the Convention to safeguard national interests. In the case of hazardous waste imports that are detected, while those responsible on the Chinese side are severely punished, the countries concerned should be actively urged to comply with the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, and their operators should be ordered to return the goods to the country and compensate for the losses.
China has basically formed a corresponding legal system
Up to now, China has basically formed a legal system for the control of solid and hazardous wastes, which provides legal guarantee for the implementation of the Basel Convention in China. In order to strictly control the transfer of "foreign garbage" into China, China has successively promulgated administrative regulations or departmental rules, such as the Notice on Strictly Controlling the Transfer of Hazardous Wastes into China, the Emergency Notice on Resolutely and Strictly Controlling the Transfer of Wastes from Overseas Countries, and the Temporary Provisions on the Management of Environmental Protection of Waste Imports. China's eighth National People's Congress announced on October 30, 1995, April 1, 1996 came into force of the "People's Republic of China * * * and the State Solid Waste Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control Law" marks China's control of "foreign garbage" imports of legislation has entered a new stage. Provisions relating to the legal control of "foreign garbage" are also embodied in other relevant laws and regulations. National legislation also drives the pace of local legislation, in order to strengthen the control of waste imports of local management, some provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions have formulated the corresponding local regulations.
Law is not allowed, but the reality is another matter, especially in developing countries led by China is still the main Western developed countries to deal with waste plastic imports, do not believe that you may as well go to the Guangdong Dali, Chaoshan or Fujian and other coastal provinces of the town to see, their business is still booming, where people do not know and will not pay attention to the source of these foreign garbage and the impact and harm, they only know how much money can be made, they will not know how much money can be made. They only know how much money they can make, that's why there is a constant flow of foreign garbage into China, and how to check how the light is still thriving.